Rex Burkhead News

The middle of the offseason has reached a midpoint, and that means summer college football previews are right around the corner.

The NFL draft this past weekend didn't paint a cushy scenario for any of the departing Huskers.

Signed LB Sean Porter, a fourth-round selection in the 2013 NFL Draft. Porter started 39 games over his final three seasons and finished his career with 261 tackles, 14.5 sacks and 34.5 tackles-for-loss. Signed HB Rex Burkhead, a sixth-round draft selection.

Sure, Nebraska football fans love defense. But offense really does sell tickets.

Former NBC stars Michael J. Fox , Sean Hayes , Blair Underwood return to the fourth-place network this fall... And congrats to Seth Meyers, the "Saturday Night Live" Weekend Update anchor who will take over "Late Night" a year from now when Jimmy Fallon replaces... Let's recap tonight's titanic struggle.

The NFL draft this past weekend didn't paint a cushy scenario for any of the departing Huskers.

Every time running back Rex Burkhead takes a handoff during Cincinnati Bengals rookie minicamp and tucks the ball under his right arm, that red "Team Jack" wristband stands out.

Running back Rex Burkhead is wearing a red band on his right wrist during the Cincinnati Bengals rookie minicamp this weekend, a reminder of the young cancer patient who changed his life in many ways.

Bengals head coach Marvin Lewis likes what he saw out of Rex Burkhead on Friday, saying that will be a guy to uplift special teams and compete as a core guy.

Awesome and fun are two words 7-year-old Jack Hoffman of Atkinson, Nebraska uses to describe his recent Husker touchdown run and the trip to meet the President that followed.

As Nebraska football fans hunker down for another long summer before football season, sometimes it is easy to forget about the seniors whom they have watched for so long.

The NFL draft this past weekend didn't paint a cushy scenario for any of the departing Huskers.

Bengals rookie Rex Burkhead has a tough road ahead when it comes to making the team in 2013.

The NFL draft this past weekend didn't paint a cushy scenario for any of the departing Huskers.

When Upper Deck announced they were making a special Jack Hoffman football card, it instantly became one of the most talked-about card of the year as it reached a massive mainstream audience.

It was a compelling photo for brain cancer awareness with the light dramatizing one of Jack's scars from two major brain surgeries an important reminder of why the Hoffmans were at the White House talking to the free world's most important leader.

The NFL draft this past weekend didn't paint a cushy scenario for any of the departing Huskers.

Of all the silly things submitted as to why the Huskers didn't cut the mustard in the 2013 NFL draft, this is the piece de resistance... As soon as Mr.

Check out the video and watch how Kapitulik, a Naval Academy grad, a Major in the United States Marine Corps and the CEO of The Program , has installed new elements of shared adversity designed to develop new levels of Nebraska football leadership in 2013.

Another year, another season that Mike Brown has managed to blow my blood pressure through the roof.